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A review by shalini_gunnasan
The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
2.0
I really disliked the main character. A lot of what she did as an adult who should know better does not sit well with me. She calls herself damaged but at the end even she realized that it's just chronic selfishness. This is not a science fiction story, it's really a romance story with a robot as the patient and kind love interest.
I did like Finn however, and the fact is this story would have been tons better if it focused on him instead, and his shackled self awareness, the fight for robot independence taking place around him, his thoughts on his own self awareness. I liked the part where the author specified that Finn doesn't see himself as human, but a sapient being just the same. That is a better perspective to explore, not idiot women and their self preoccupations.
I did like Finn however, and the fact is this story would have been tons better if it focused on him instead, and his shackled self awareness, the fight for robot independence taking place around him, his thoughts on his own self awareness. I liked the part where the author specified that Finn doesn't see himself as human, but a sapient being just the same. That is a better perspective to explore, not idiot women and their self preoccupations.